You Are The Placebo: Making Your Mind Matter

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And as you keep coupling your new thoughts and mental images with that strong, positive emotion, then your mind and body are working together—and you’re now in a new state of being. Dispenza has put in a great effort to deliver teachings that is of major importance in today’s living, curcumstances and overall consciousness. Marrying elevated positive emotions with the deep desire/intention to change our condition based upon a foundational conviction that this change is indeed possible is the doorway to amazing transformation (this is certainly not a new idea and also promoted by others in the self healing or personal transformation space). I received this book by accident as a gift as it was the option that came up when someone types in "Placebo" (another book) into Google.

Despenza talks about the many functional brain scans he performs on people who sit down to meditate and visualize their body changing. I began to ask myself, ‘What if people begin to believe in themselves instead of something outside of themselves? Actually, if "higher" emotions (which I think is an incorrect term when what he wants to say is positive emotions), the very high emotions he wants you to use as you go into the low-frequency theta brainwaves, have a high energy and have a high frequency .They feel so complete that they no longer want, no longer feel lack, and no longer try to do it themselves. Dispenza includes in his book a specific meditation geared to change, alter or heal any condition the reader is presently experiencing. You Are the Placebo inspired me to monitor my self talk more carefully, so I too can recognize the “unlimited possibilities” not only in health, but in all areas of my life.

It’s chock-full of wisdom, insights, and studies explaining how so much of what happens in our lives is a result of our thoughts, attitudes, and beliefs. Brain scans showed that the saline injections had effects that were indistinguishable from the real drug.This book is about: empowering you to realize that you have all the biological and neurological machinery to do exactly that. Similar to his first book I read, Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself, Dispenza is vulnerable in telling his own story, sharing his doubts and struggles along the way. Think about the person you want to be, and identify the habits and thoughts that person would have, and start practicing! From my experience with patients with life-threatening illnesses,I have learned the truth as shared in You Are the Placebo. On the other hand, emotions like gratitude and appreciation open your heart and lift the energy in your body to a new place—out of the lower hormonal centers.

It's a must read for everyone who wants to transform themselves into better living beings and who want to experience the unknown. The only really worthwhile thing the author has to say is that you can indeed self-generate the placebo effect by meditating (and therefore making yourself more suggestible). Your personality is simply made up of the thoughts you think, the emotions you feel, and the actions you choose- hence all in your control.It actually made me angry that the author didn’t record it and/or offer any proof for it: if he is onto something so life-changing it’s his duty to show proof of it so that more people can get that kind of help. To change your mind, your meditative experience must be greater than the past experiences that are conditioning you.